"huh" meaning in English

See huh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /hʌ/ [Received-Pronunciation], [hʌ̃] [Received-Pronunciation], /hə/ [General-American], [hə̃] [General-American] Audio: en-us-huh.ogg [California, US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-huh3.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʌ Etymology: Attested from circa 1600. Compare Dutch hè (“huh”). Etymology templates: {{circa2|1600}} circa 1600, {{cog|nl|hè|t=huh}} Dutch hè (“huh”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} huh
  1. (with rising pitch) Used to express doubt or confusion. Tags: with rising pitch Translations (expressing doubt or confusion): ha (Cebuano), (hēi) (Chinese Mandarin), (há) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), (Dutch), häh (Finnish), höh (Finnish), hein (French), (German), häh (German), eh (Italian), へえ (hē) (Japanese), (e) (Japanese), (yo) (Japanese), (zo) (Japanese), (eo) (Korean), (hannh) (Min Nan Chinese), (Portuguese), como (Portuguese), (Portuguese), что (što) (Russian), а (a) (Russian), да (da) (note: with special intonation) (Russian), vad (Swedish), ཨ་འོ (a 'o) (Tibetan), ủa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-huh-en-intj-99lboU-w Disambiguation of 'expressing doubt or confusion': 74 7 4 5 2 5 1 1 1
  2. (with falling pitch) Used to express amusement or subtle surprise. Tags: with falling pitch Translations (to express amusement or subtle surprise): (ēn) (Chinese Mandarin), (hēng) (Chinese Mandarin), häh (Finnish), höh (Finnish), oh (French), (e) (Japanese), えっ (e') (Japanese), eh eh (Luganda), hva (Norwegian), (Polish), ha (Polish), puxa (Portuguese), eta (Portuguese), eita (Portuguese), caramba (Portuguese), а (a) (Russian), что (što) (Russian), да (da) (Russian), да ну (da nu) (note: in questions) (Russian), ха (xa) (note: in statements) (Russian), vad (Swedish), vad nu (Swedish), ཨ་ཙི (a tsi) (Tibetan), ủa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-huh-en-intj-Z1ucwa02 Disambiguation of 'to express amusement or subtle surprise': 12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2
  3. (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question. Tags: with rising pitch Translations (to reinforce a question): ha (Azerbaijani), hah (Azerbaijani), (ne) (Chinese Mandarin), (à, a) (Chinese Mandarin), æh (Danish), (Dutch), nou (Dutch), täh (Finnish), mitä (Finnish), hein (French), (German), (ne) (Japanese), (na) (Japanese), co (Polish), hein (Portuguese), (Portuguese), a (Romanian), а (a) (Russian), да (da) (Russian), a (Slovene), e (Slovene), eh (Spanish), (ga) (alt: after final ག) (Tibetan), (nga) (alt: after final ང) (Tibetan), (english: all other cases; pa) (Tibetan), га (ha) (Ukrainian), hả (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-huh-en-intj-rWNPLCil Disambiguation of 'to reinforce a question': 3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1
  4. (slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement. Tags: slang, with falling pitch
    Sense id: en-huh-en-intj-HHKDHsvK
  5. (informal, with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said. Tags: informal, with rising pitch Synonyms: come again, pardon, what, say again Translations ("I know, huh" what huh): (à) (Chinese Mandarin), joo (Finnish), (Portuguese), não brinca (Portuguese), да (da) (Russian), угу́ (ugú) (english: first meaning) (Russian), ага́ (agá) (english: both meanings) (Russian) Translations (to indicate that one didn't hear): (Dutch), wat (Dutch), häh (Finnish), täh (Finnish), hein (French), (German), häh (German), wie (German), was (German), ha (Icelandic), (e) (Japanese), えっ (e') (Japanese), (Polish), (Portuguese), hem (Portuguese), como (Portuguese), что (što) (Russian), а (a) (Russian), vad (Swedish), hur sa (Swedish), ག་རེ (ga re) (Tibetan), га (ha) (Ukrainian), cái gì (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-huh-en-intj-K71nLKNq Disambiguation of '"I know, huh" what huh': 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of "to indicate that one didn't hear": 1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4
  6. (informal, with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question. Tags: informal, with falling pitch Translations (tag question): ha (Azerbaijani), hah (Azerbaijani), (Chinese Mandarin), (ma) (Chinese Mandarin), (ne) (Chinese Mandarin), (ma) (Chinese Mandarin), ĉu? (Esperanto), ĉu ne? (Esperanto), hein (French), (ne) (Japanese), (ka) (Japanese), 아이가 (aiga) [Gyeongsang, dialectal] (Korean), eller hva (Norwegian), nie (Polish), а (a) (Russian), да (da) (Russian), a (Slovene), e (Slovene), eller hur (Swedish), (ga) (alt: after final ག) (Tibetan), (nga) (alt: after final ང) (Tibetan), (english: all other cases; pa) (Tibetan), nhỉ (Vietnamese), nhể (Vietnamese), nhở (Vietnamese), à (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-huh-en-intj-4ghZxw0z Disambiguation of 'tag question': 2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3
  7. (onomatopoeia) Representing the sound of heavy breathing. Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-huh-en-intj-wdp2TEI4 Categories (other): English onomatopoeias
  8. (onomatopoeia) Representing a chuckling sound. Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-huh-en-intj-6~CkYN8m Categories (other): English onomatopoeias
  9. (martial arts) A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack. Categories (topical): Martial arts
    Sense id: en-huh-en-intj-v2Q68uCw Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hah, hunh Derived forms: huh-uh, on the huh, uh-huh, uh huh, yeah-huh, yes-huh

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
          "word": "eh"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eo",
          "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
          "word": "어"
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          "_dis1": "74 7 4 5 2 5 1 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "word": "hã"
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          "_dis1": "74 7 4 5 2 5 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "što",
          "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
          "word": "что"
        },
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          "_dis1": "74 7 4 5 2 5 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
          "word": "а"
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "word": "ཨ་འོ"
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        {
          "text": "Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left.",
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        "Used to express amusement or subtle surprise."
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        "(with falling pitch) Used to express amusement or subtle surprise."
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          "roman": "ēn",
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          "word": "嗯"
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          "roman": "hēng",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "哼"
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          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
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          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "oh"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "e",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "え"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "e'",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "えっ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "lg",
          "lang": "Luganda",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "eh eh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "hva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "hę"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "ha"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "puxa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "eta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "eita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "caramba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "a",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "а"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "što",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "что"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "da",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "in questions",
          "roman": "da nu",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "да ну"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "in statements",
          "roman": "xa",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "ха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "vad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "vad nu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "a tsi",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "ཨ་ཙི"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 70 1 10 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
          "word": "ủa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Where were you last night? Huh?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to reinforce a question."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        ],
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          "question",
          "question#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question."
      ],
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        "with rising pitch"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "ha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "hah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ne",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "呢"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "à, a",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "啊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "æh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "hè"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "nou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "täh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "mitä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "hein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "hä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ne",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "ね"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "na",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "co"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "hein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "hã"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "a"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "a",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "а"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "da",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "a"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "e"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "eh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "alt": "after final ག",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "ga",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "ག"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "alt": "after final ང",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "nga",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "ང"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "bo",
          "english": "all other cases; pa",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "པ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "note": "all particles appended to the end of a sentence",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ha",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 78 6 1 8 1 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to reinforce a question",
          "word": "hả"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "(belittlement) A: \"We should go to an amusement park, it would be fun.\" B: \"Huh.\"",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "(agreement) A: \"Murder is bad.\" B: \"Huh!\"",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement."
      ],
      "id": "en-huh-en-intj-HHKDHsvK",
      "links": [
        [
          "belittle",
          "belittle#English"
        ],
        [
          "sarcastically",
          "sarcasm#English"
        ],
        [
          "understatement",
          "understatement#English"
        ],
        [
          "dullness",
          "dullness#English"
        ],
        [
          "feigned",
          "feigned#English"
        ],
        [
          "surprise",
          "surprise#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "with falling pitch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Huh? Could you speak up?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said."
      ],
      "id": "en-huh-en-intj-K71nLKNq",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "come again"
        },
        {
          "word": "pardon"
        },
        {
          "word": "what"
        },
        {
          "word": "say again"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "with rising pitch"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "à",
          "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
          "word": "啊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
          "word": "joo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
          "word": "dã"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
          "word": "não brinca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "da",
          "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
          "word": "да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "first meaning",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ugú",
          "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
          "word": "угу́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "both meanings",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "agá",
          "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
          "word": "ага́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "hè"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "wat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "häh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "täh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "hein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "hä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "häh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "wie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "was"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "ha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "e",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "え"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "e'",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "えっ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "hę"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "hã"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "hem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "como"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "što",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "что"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "a",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "а"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "vad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "hur sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "ga re",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "ག་རེ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ha",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 11 74 9 1 1 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
          "word": "cái gì"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's getting kind of late, huh?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to create a tag question."
      ],
      "id": "en-huh-en-intj-4ghZxw0z",
      "links": [
        [
          "tag question",
          "tag question#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "with falling pitch"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "ha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "hah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "嗎"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ma",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "吗"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ne",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "呢"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ma",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "嘛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "ĉu?"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "ĉu ne?"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "hein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ne",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "ね"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ka",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "か"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "aiga",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "tags": [
            "Gyeongsang",
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "아이가"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "eller hva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "nie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "a",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "а"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "da",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "a"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "e"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "eller hur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "alt": "after final ག",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "ga",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "ག"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "alt": "after final ང",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "nga",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "ང"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "bo",
          "english": "all other cases; pa",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "པ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "note": "all particles appended to the end of a sentence",
          "sense": "tag question"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "nhỉ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "nhể"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "nhở"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 3 5 7 78 1 1 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "tag question",
          "word": "à"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, Donald McCaig, The Butte Polka: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Rawson, Wade Publishers, Inc., page 251",
          "text": "He broke into a dogtrot and ran by us. I don't think he saw us. His voice was coming in little puffs, huh, huh, huh, but he probably didn't notice that either.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "15 May 2019, Robert Purchese, quoting Marcin Iwiński, “Seeing Red: The story of CD Projekt”, in Eurogamer, archived from the original on 2023-09-15",
          "text": "It was up so many flights of stairs that people would arrive for meetings drenched in sweat: \"They were like huh huh huh [panting] - where the hell are you?!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Representing the sound of heavy breathing."
      ],
      "id": "en-huh-en-intj-wdp2TEI4",
      "links": [
        [
          "onomatopoeia",
          "onomatopoeia"
        ],
        [
          "breathing",
          "breathing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(onomatopoeia) Representing the sound of heavy breathing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Meg Howrey, The Wanderers, London […]: Scribner, page 173",
          "text": "Helen starts laughing, properly now. Huh-huh-huh.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Representing a chuckling sound."
      ],
      "id": "en-huh-en-intj-6~CkYN8m",
      "links": [
        [
          "onomatopoeia",
          "onomatopoeia"
        ],
        [
          "chuckling",
          "chuckling#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(onomatopoeia) Representing a chuckling sound."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Martial arts",
          "orig": "en:Martial arts",
          "parents": [
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, Ashaki Boelter, The Nok, Bend, O.R.: Shakalot High Entertainment, published 2006, page 69",
          "text": "Shawn quickly turns around and punches the pale hand, yelling \"Huh! Huh! Hi yah'! Huh! Get off me! Yeah!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "5 October 1995, Neal Pollack, quoting David Nelson, “King of the Creature Feature”, in Chicago Reader, Chicago, I.L.: Chicago Reader, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-15",
          "text": "He gets out of the chair, whips off his jacket, and starts closing in on the camera, punching rapidly as he moves. A left hook, a right jab. \"Hey, I'm a boxer and a marine! So don't mess with me, man! Semper fi! Marine Corps! They better not mess with me! My critics better not mess with me, man, 'cause I'm gonna beat you up. Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh. Hmm, hmmm, hmm, hmmmm, heeeyah, huh, huh. Hmmm, yeah!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Larry Swartz, Dramathemes: Classroom Literacy that Will Excite, Surprise, and Stimulate Learning, Markham, Ont.: Pembroke Publishers Limited, pages 130-131",
          "text": "Student A has both arms outstretched in a karate motion and shouts out \"HUH\". Student B receives the sound by putting both arms straight in the air and yelling \"HUH\". Students on either side of B give B a karate chop by miming a sideways karate chop — without any touching.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Dwayne Reed, Simon B. Rhymin' Gets in the Game, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, unnumbered page",
          "text": "HUH-HUH, HI-YAH!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack."
      ],
      "id": "en-huh-en-intj-v2Q68uCw",
      "links": [
        [
          "martial arts",
          "martial arts"
        ],
        [
          "kiai",
          "kiai#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(martial arts) A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hʌ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hʌ̃]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hə̃]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-huh.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/En-us-huh.ogg/En-us-huh.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/En-us-huh.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "California",
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US, California)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-huh3.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/27/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-huh3.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-huh3.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England, martial arts)",
      "topics": [
        "martial-arts",
        "sports",
        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hunh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "huh"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Requests for review of Cherokee translations",
    "Requests for review of Vietnamese translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "huh-uh"
    },
    {
      "word": "on the huh"
    },
    {
      "word": "uh-huh"
    },
    {
      "word": "uh huh"
    },
    {
      "word": "yeah-huh"
    },
    {
      "word": "yes-huh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1600"
      },
      "expansion": "circa 1600",
      "name": "circa2"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "hè",
        "t": "huh"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch hè (“huh”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested from circa 1600. Compare Dutch hè (“huh”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "huh",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Huh? Where did they go?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to express doubt or confusion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doubt",
          "doubt#English"
        ],
        [
          "confusion",
          "confusion#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with rising pitch) Used to express doubt or confusion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with rising pitch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to express amusement or subtle surprise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amusement",
          "amusement#English"
        ],
        [
          "surprise",
          "surprise#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with falling pitch) Used to express amusement or subtle surprise."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with falling pitch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Where were you last night? Huh?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to reinforce a question."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reinforce",
          "reinforce#English"
        ],
        [
          "question",
          "question#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with rising pitch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "(belittlement) A: \"We should go to an amusement park, it would be fun.\" B: \"Huh.\"",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "(agreement) A: \"Murder is bad.\" B: \"Huh!\"",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "belittle",
          "belittle#English"
        ],
        [
          "sarcastically",
          "sarcasm#English"
        ],
        [
          "understatement",
          "understatement#English"
        ],
        [
          "dullness",
          "dullness#English"
        ],
        [
          "feigned",
          "feigned#English"
        ],
        [
          "surprise",
          "surprise#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "with falling pitch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Huh? Could you speak up?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "come again"
        },
        {
          "word": "pardon"
        },
        {
          "word": "what"
        },
        {
          "word": "say again"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "with rising pitch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's getting kind of late, huh?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to create a tag question."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tag question",
          "tag question#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "with falling pitch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English onomatopoeias",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, Donald McCaig, The Butte Polka: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Rawson, Wade Publishers, Inc., page 251",
          "text": "He broke into a dogtrot and ran by us. I don't think he saw us. His voice was coming in little puffs, huh, huh, huh, but he probably didn't notice that either.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "15 May 2019, Robert Purchese, quoting Marcin Iwiński, “Seeing Red: The story of CD Projekt”, in Eurogamer, archived from the original on 2023-09-15",
          "text": "It was up so many flights of stairs that people would arrive for meetings drenched in sweat: \"They were like huh huh huh [panting] - where the hell are you?!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Representing the sound of heavy breathing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "onomatopoeia",
          "onomatopoeia"
        ],
        [
          "breathing",
          "breathing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(onomatopoeia) Representing the sound of heavy breathing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English onomatopoeias",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Meg Howrey, The Wanderers, London […]: Scribner, page 173",
          "text": "Helen starts laughing, properly now. Huh-huh-huh.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Representing a chuckling sound."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "onomatopoeia",
          "onomatopoeia"
        ],
        [
          "chuckling",
          "chuckling#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(onomatopoeia) Representing a chuckling sound."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Martial arts"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, Ashaki Boelter, The Nok, Bend, O.R.: Shakalot High Entertainment, published 2006, page 69",
          "text": "Shawn quickly turns around and punches the pale hand, yelling \"Huh! Huh! Hi yah'! Huh! Get off me! Yeah!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "5 October 1995, Neal Pollack, quoting David Nelson, “King of the Creature Feature”, in Chicago Reader, Chicago, I.L.: Chicago Reader, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-15",
          "text": "He gets out of the chair, whips off his jacket, and starts closing in on the camera, punching rapidly as he moves. A left hook, a right jab. \"Hey, I'm a boxer and a marine! So don't mess with me, man! Semper fi! Marine Corps! They better not mess with me! My critics better not mess with me, man, 'cause I'm gonna beat you up. Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh. Hmm, hmmm, hmm, hmmmm, heeeyah, huh, huh. Hmmm, yeah!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Larry Swartz, Dramathemes: Classroom Literacy that Will Excite, Surprise, and Stimulate Learning, Markham, Ont.: Pembroke Publishers Limited, pages 130-131",
          "text": "Student A has both arms outstretched in a karate motion and shouts out \"HUH\". Student B receives the sound by putting both arms straight in the air and yelling \"HUH\". Students on either side of B give B a karate chop by miming a sideways karate chop — without any touching.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Dwayne Reed, Simon B. Rhymin' Gets in the Game, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, unnumbered page",
          "text": "HUH-HUH, HI-YAH!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "martial arts",
          "martial arts"
        ],
        [
          "kiai",
          "kiai#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(martial arts) A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hʌ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hʌ̃]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hə̃]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-huh.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/En-us-huh.ogg/En-us-huh.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/En-us-huh.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "California",
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US, California)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-huh3.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/27/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-huh3.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-huh3.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/27/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-huh3.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-huh3.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England, martial arts)",
      "topics": [
        "martial-arts",
        "sports",
        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hah"
    },
    {
      "word": "hunh"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ēn",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "嗯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hēng",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "哼"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "häh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "höh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "oh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "え"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "e'",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "えっ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lg",
      "lang": "Luganda",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "eh eh"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "hva"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "hę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "ha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "puxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "eta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "eita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "caramba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "što",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "что"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "da",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "in questions",
      "roman": "da nu",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "да ну"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "in statements",
      "roman": "xa",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "vad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "vad nu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "a tsi",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "ཨ་ཙི"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to express amusement or subtle surprise",
      "word": "ủa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "ha"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hēi",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "嘿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "há",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "蛤"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "roman": "hannh",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "唅"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "hè"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "häh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "höh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "hein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "hä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "häh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "eh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hē",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "へえ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "え"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yo",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "よ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zo",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "ぞ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eo",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "어"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "ué"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "como"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "hã"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "što",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "что"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "with special intonation",
      "roman": "da",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "vad"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "a 'o",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "ཨ་འོ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "expressing doubt or confusion",
      "word": "ủa"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "ha"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "hah"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ne",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "呢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "à, a",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "啊"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "æh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "hè"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "nou"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "täh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "mitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "hein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "hä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ne",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "ね"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "na",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "な"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "co"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "hein"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "hã"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "hein"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "da",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "e"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "eh"
    },
    {
      "alt": "after final ག",
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "ga",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "ག"
    },
    {
      "alt": "after final ང",
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "nga",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "ང"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "all other cases; pa",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "པ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "note": "all particles appended to the end of a sentence",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ha",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "га"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to reinforce a question",
      "word": "hả"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "à",
      "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
      "word": "啊"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
      "word": "joo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
      "word": "dã"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
      "word": "não brinca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "da",
      "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
      "word": "да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "first meaning",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ugú",
      "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
      "word": "угу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "both meanings",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "agá",
      "sense": "\"I know, huh\" what huh",
      "word": "ага́"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "hè"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "wat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "häh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "täh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "hein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "hä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "häh"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "wie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "was"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "ha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "え"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "e'",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "えっ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "hę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "hã"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "hem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "como"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "što",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "что"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "vad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "hur sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "ga re",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "ག་རེ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ha",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "га"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to indicate that one didn't hear",
      "word": "cái gì"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "ha"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "hah"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "嗎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ma",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "吗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ne",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "呢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ma",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "嘛"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "ĉu?"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "ĉu ne?"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "hein"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ne",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "ね"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ka",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "か"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "aiga",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "tags": [
        "Gyeongsang",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "아이가"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "eller hva"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "nie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "da",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "e"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "eller hur"
    },
    {
      "alt": "after final ག",
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "ga",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "ག"
    },
    {
      "alt": "after final ང",
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "nga",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "ང"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "all other cases; pa",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "པ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "note": "all particles appended to the end of a sentence",
      "sense": "tag question"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "nhỉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "nhể"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "nhở"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "tag question",
      "word": "à"
    }
  ],
  "word": "huh"
}

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